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Preserving user profiles across remote desktop sessions

  • US 9,542,209 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2012
  • Issued: 01/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of preserving user profiles for desktops across desktop sessions, comprising:

  • loading metadata of a user profile from persistent storage when a user logs into a desktop, wherein loading the metadata of the user profile comprises;

    transmitting an acknowledgement that the entire user profile has been successfully loaded prior to the user profile being fully loaded,spawning a first thread configured to load portions of the user profile as the portions are accessed by the user, andspawning a second thread parallel to the first thread and configured to load portions of the user profile asynchronously according to a schedule;

    generating a snapshot of an image of the desktop stored in persistent storage;

    recording changes to the user profile in a change log using the snapshot; and

    committing the changes to the user profile recorded in the change log to the user profile stored in the persistent storage asynchronously with respect to when the changes to the user profile are recorded in the change log, wherein the changes are committed prior to the user logging out of the desktop.

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